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Spring Clean

New for 2020

We've dusted out the cobwebs and had a bit of a spring clean.

Also we've added:-

1. At least one source for every England player and match.
2. Competition tables on all World Cup and Euro qualifying/tournaments plus some minor ones.

Posted: 21st April 2020 6:56pm

Euro 2020 to be delayed

Tournament now scheduled for June 2021

UEFA has postponed Euro 2020 until June 2021. From the UEFA website:

"UEFA today announced the postponement of its flagship national team competition, UEFA EURO 2020, due to be played in June and July this year. The health of all those involved in the game is the priority, as well as to avoid placing any unnecessary pressure on national public services involved in staging matches. The move will help all domestic competitions, currently on hold due to the COVID-19 emergency, to be completed."

At this point we're not sure when the next England game will be played. The next scheduled matches are against Austria on 2nd June and Romania on 7th June but they will probably be postponed as well, if the FA want to conclude the domestic season. It might just be September before we see England play again. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

Posted: 17th March 2020 2:28pm

Italy and Denmark matches cancelled

All football in the UK suspended until 3rd April

Statement from the FA:

"The FA, Premier League, EFL, Barclays FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship have collectively agreed to postpone the professional game in England until Friday 3 April at the earliest.
This action, which will be kept under constant review, has been taken due to the increasing numbers of clubs taking steps to isolate their players and staff because of the COVID-19 virus.
It will also apply to all England team fixtures at every level and all FA competitions including the Emirates FA Cup and the Women's FA Cup, along with academy and youth-team matches."

Posted: 14th March 2020 2:34am

Nations League Draw 2020/21

England in Group A2 with Belgium, Denmark and Iceland

England were drawn alongside Belgium, Denmark and Iceland in the 2020/21 UEFA Nation's League draw on Wednesday. England will travel to Iceland and Denmark in September before hosting Belgium and Denmark in October. The final round of games in November will see the Three Lions travel to world ranked number one team Belgium before hosting Iceland. All home games are expected to be at Wembley but the FA has not finalised the venues.
The winner of Group A2 will advance with the three other group winners to the finals in June 2021. The bottom placed team will be relegated to league B for the 2021/22 season.

Posted: 4th March 2020 3:04am

England v Montenegro & Kosovo preview

England's 1,000th game

England face Montenegro in their 1,000th match on Thursday knowing that a single point is all that's required to qualify directly for Euro 2020; a tournament that will see six games played at Wembley Stadium including the final. England need only a point, and even if they were to lose at Wembley, they would get over the line as long as Czech Republic v Kosovo is not a draw.

Montenegro lost 5-1 to England in Podgorica in March and have yet to win in Group A having lost four and drawn three (twice against bottom team Bulgaria and against Kosovo). England have scored 26 goals so far in qualifying compared to Montenegro's three.

On Sunday, England will play their last qualifying game, in Pristina against Kosovo, and if they have not managed qualification by this point they will do so should they not lose by two or more goals. England won 5-3 at Wembley in September. Both Kosovo and England have the backup of an assured playoff spot whichever fails to make it directly.

A qualified England, as one of the designated hosts for Euro 2020 already know they will be Group D of the final tournament with all their group games being played at Wembley Stadium. They will also be joined by Scotland, if they prevail via the playoffs, otherwise it will be the team which wins playoff path C (at the time of writing this is between Scotland, Norway, Serbia and one of Bulgaria, Israel or Romania).
England also, are currently one of the top six seeds - and two wins in their final two qualifying games will cement that - which means that they will not be drawn against any other top seeds - and as a host they cannot be grouped with other hosts; coupled together the possible teams England could play in the group stage are very narrow indeed. More on that in the next update...